Tag: Gyeongju

Tweet of the Day: Old House in Gyeongju

| June 2, 2025

Picture of the Day: Ancient Skeleton Found in Gyeongju

| July 16, 2021
180-cm human skeleton found
180-cm human skeleton found
This photo, released by the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation on July 15, 2021, shows a skeleton that archeologists have found at a tomb from the Silla Kingdom (57 B.C.- A.D. 935), believed to have been built 1,500 years ago, in the ancient city of Gyeongju. The male skeleton, which has a height of about 180 centimeters, is believed to be the highest among ones from the Three Kingdoms (57 B.C.-A.D. 668). (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Visiting Cheomseongdae

| September 29, 2016

Tourists visit old astronomical observatory

Tourists look at Cheomseongdae, a 1,300-year-old astronomical observatory in Gyeongju, some 370 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Sept. 23, 2016, as the historical city tries to recover from property damage caused by a recent series of earthquakes. (Yonhap)